War at the end of the world : Douglas MacArthur and the forgotten fight for New Guinea, 1942-1945, James P. Duffy

The Resource War at the end of the world : Douglas MacArthur and the forgotten fight for New Guinea, 1942-1945, James P. Duffy

War at the end of the world : Douglas MacArthur and the forgotten fight for New Guinea, 1942-1945, James P. Duffy

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The item War at the end of the world : Douglas MacArthur and the forgotten fight for New Guinea, 1942-1945, James P. Duffy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Memorial Hall Library.

Part I. 1942 -- "This is war, not a Sunday school picnic" -- "Every man for himself" -- First landings in New Guinea -- A General in search of an Army -- To Port Moresby by sea -- Second landings in New Guinea -- Death along the Kokoda Track -- First defeat at Milne Bay -- "Take Buna, or not come back alive" -- Part II. 1943 -- Sailing the Bismarck Sea -- Assault on Salamaua -- Pincers around Lae -- War on the Huon Peninsula -- Invasion across the straits -- Part III. 1944 -- The General and the admiralties -- Reckless and persecution -- Next stop: Wakde -- Bloody Biak -- The General, the President, and the Admiral -- Breakout from Wewak -- Island-hopping to victory

Control code

1635907

Dimensions

24 cm

Extent

x, 436 pages

Isbn

9780451418302

Lccn

2015019828

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

n

Other physical details

illustrations, maps

System control number

(Sirsi) 1635907

(Sirsi) 1635907

(OCoLC)907658061

Label

War at the end of the world : Douglas MacArthur and the forgotten fight for New Guinea, 1942-1945, James P. Duffy

Part I. 1942 -- "This is war, not a Sunday school picnic" -- "Every man for himself" -- First landings in New Guinea -- A General in search of an Army -- To Port Moresby by sea -- Second landings in New Guinea -- Death along the Kokoda Track -- First defeat at Milne Bay -- "Take Buna, or not come back alive" -- Part II. 1943 -- Sailing the Bismarck Sea -- Assault on Salamaua -- Pincers around Lae -- War on the Huon Peninsula -- Invasion across the straits -- Part III. 1944 -- The General and the admiralties -- Reckless and persecution -- Next stop: Wakde -- Bloody Biak -- The General, the President, and the Admiral -- Breakout from Wewak -- Island-hopping to victory